Sun X6730A (fiber channel controller)
Chad Mullinix
I inherited a X6730A (Sbus fiber channel controller) that I will
install in an Enterprise 6500. Problem is I have no docs on this card.
Does it require special drivers, is it plug and play like a normal SCSI
controllers?? Because of a narrow window of opportunity for downtime I
must get this right on the first couple of takes. Anyone using this
controller that can shed some insight??
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John Kotches
>
> Greetings-
>
> I inherited a X6730A (Sbus fiber channel controller) that I will
> install in an Enterprise 6500. Problem is I have no docs on this card.
> Does it require special drivers, is it plug and play like a normal SCSI
> controllers?? Because of a narrow window of opportunity for downtime I
> must get this right on the first couple of takes. Anyone using this
> controller that can shed some insight??
Ok, this is an FC-AL 100 MB/s module.
Running Solaris 2.5.1 H/W 11/97 or Solaris 2.6 (possibly H/W 3/98)
should be ok.
Run pkginfo | grep SSA -- make sure your load includes the drivers
for SSA/SENA
If not, go back to the installation CD and add the packages --
I think they are SUNWssadev and SUNWsena
If they are already there, you should be ok to go, provided you either
touch /reconfigure or boot -r from the <ok> prompt.
Hope this helped.
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> Chad Mullinix Johns Hopkins Univ/Applied Physics Lab
> Systems Administrator 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
> chad.m...@jhuapl.edu Laurel, Maryland 20723-6099
> Voice (240) 228-3646 Fax (240) 228-5912
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